2. Wash: Baal RedBeginning to refine the wash in the crevices between the fingers with several diluted washes. Let each wash dry thoroughly before reapplying. Paint the veins in with thinned down Baal red. Begin to build up a stippled effect in the shaded areas.

3. Wash: Baal Red & Gryphonne SepiaContinue to build up the stippled effect with Baal Red. Wash the arm, hand and fingers with Gryphonne Sepia. One again it gives a more subtle effect if you apply several dilute washes in stages.

5. Highlight: Dheneb Stone, Dheneb Stone + Skull White mix, Skull White Highlight the fingers keeping the lightest tones to the tips & knuckles.Build up the highlights on the arms. Washing with a Baal Red & Gryphonne Sepia mix.Highlight the wings with several very thin layers of dilute Dheneb Stone + Skull White mix. Keep the lightest shade at the edges of the wings. This ‘glazing’ of light tones will also knock back and soften the look of the veins.

6. The outside of the wings are painted using the same sort of process as the front but using a slightly stronger colour mix and bigger dots in the stippling. These are applied using a cocktail stick.

UPDATE 02.01.2012As an addition to this step-by-step I’d like to present an illustrated guide to stippling. It’s something I get asked about on a fairly regular basis so I guess there needs to be a bit of explaining done and it’s easier to show rather than just tell.

Stippling is a painting technique where you apply tiny dots of colour using the very tip of a fine brush. Varying the density and colour of the dots can create a shading/highlighting effect. I’m putting together an illustrated guide to stippling, as it’s easier to show rather than just tell. I’ll get it up on the blog sometime Monday.

Thank you SO much for this tutorial. I have scoured the internet looking for examples of this and was thrilled to come upon, not just photos of a finished product, but an actual tutorial. Very helpful!

Each wing took roughly two days to paint. I wouldn't for a moment consider spending this sort of time and effort on a gaming model but then all my minis are painted for display.If you wanted to you could do a quicker & rougher version for gaming but the whole point for me is to take the time to achieve the finish.

Who is Sproket?

I’m a Graphic Designer and Illustrator, now retired, who has become a full time hobbyist. With the exception of a few years where I dropped out of the hobby I’ve been painting minis since I was in my teens. Over the years I've won a few trophies for my painting and four Slayer Swords but my quest to grow and develop as a painter continues - there is always something new to learn!